Proton MR spectroscopy in children with acute brain injury: Comparison of short and long echo time acquisitions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-19

  Holshouser, Barbara A ^a,b   Ashwal, Stephen ^a   Shu, Stanford ^a   Hinshaw Jr , David B ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Children; Lactate; MR spectroscopy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033964736     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200001)11:1<9::AID-JMRI2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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